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Cover Me Impressed

With a focus on the 60's-90's music scene, CMI is a Paradiso for Lovers Cover Songs! Each post focuses on a particular song and provides its original and most popular recordings as well as covers versions. Patrons of CMI vote on the most deserving cover version, which will then live to compete again, battling other cover songs in a future post.

What would you do should you suddenly realize that skinheads have inhabited your lawn? Thankfully Camper Van Beethoven’s important and practical song offers at least one possible solution to this age-old conundrum.

The Original

Camper Van Beethoven:

The Cover Songs Competition

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No Skanks On Sunday vs. Skandalous All-Stars

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No Skanks On Sunday:

Granted these spirited lasses need a little time to get going but once they do just sit back and enjoy the vivacious ride!

Skandalous All-Stars:

This ska supergroup never fails to produce first-rate, skankable tunage.

Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. Only one cover tune will live to play another day and it is your solemn responsibility to decide which one prevails. So tell me … Which Side Are You On?!!?

Also, keep in mind that if you should spontaneously self-actualize while playing a cover then you could – and probably should – nominate it for Top 10 (i.e. “Impeccable”) consideration.

Sigh. Tough call. With my eyes closed: The Skandalous All-Stars. Watching the video: I give it to the ultra-charming Skanks. Hmmm… had you thought about this, Richie? Are visuals supposed to be a factor in deciding the better cover version? Video killed the cover version.

Well I’d say if the visual is of a live performance then, yes, the musician’s “presence” should factor into the decision; the audio and visual are both significantly relevant in assessing the enjoyment of the musical experience. Now if the visual is of the slickly-produced music video variety then probably not so much.